The Cross-industry Spillover of Technological Capability: Korea’s DRAM and TFT–LCD Industries

Studies of Korea’s Thin Film Transistor–Liquid Crystal Display (TFT–LCD) industry have emphasized the government policy, industrial organization, and the firm’s strategy as key success factors. However, the fact that knowledge spillover, which tends to occur between highly technologically related industries, can lead to a reduction in innovation effort has been overlooked. We examined the technological relationships between Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) and TFT–LCD industries and investigated their spillover into the areas of technology, human resources and organization, and network. The results show spillover in capital control, technology, production and quality management, organizational systems, and key personnel. This implies that spillover effect in high technology firms may diversify their products due to existing technological capabilities.     

Comparative industrial advertising: The content and frequency

Comparative advertising is the pratice of comparing two or more named or unnamed products in an advertisement. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of comparative advertising in widely circulated industrial publications. The study examined approximately 2100 full-page advertisements in major trade publications for the years 1970, 1975, and 1980. It was found that comparative advertising is not the dominant format for industrial journal advertising. Further, there was a significant decrease in the use of comparative advertising from 1975 to 1980. Nevertheless, when industrial advertisers use comparative advertising, they tend to rely more frequently on implied comparisons rather than on the more aggressive, strictly comparative format. Also, industrial marketers seem to be more inclined to stress product features rather than price, distribution, or promotion when using comparative advertising.     

中韩工业制成品的贸易竞争关系分析

作为当今全球最重要的双边经贸关系之一,中韩贸易发展迅速,两国已互为重要的贸易伙伴。利用贸易竞争力指数、产业内贸易指数、GHM指数对中韩工业制成品的贸易竞争关系进行实证分析,结果显示：中韩双边工业制成品以产业间贸易为主,产业内贸易为辅;劳动密集型制成品、技术和资本密集型制成品以产业间贸易和低质量垂直型产业内贸易为主。两国的制成品贸易互补性强,中国相对处于产业分工的低端。为提升中国制成品的贸易竞争力,应采取加强技术自主研发、完善双边贸易合作机制、加快产业结构调整等措施。     

Change and continuity in management systems and corporate performance: Human resource management,corporate culture,risk management and corporate strategy in South Korea

Embedded traditional management systems can change under the influence of several forces. The 1997 Asian financial crisis was such an event. This paper empirically investigates changes in the human resource management, corporate culture, risk management and competitive strategy parts of management systems in the General Trading Companies of South Korea in terms of internal perceptions of impact on corporate performance. It finds both change and continuity, particularly in corporate culture. This indicates that cultural change in organisations is not an easy task, not least because it is associated with changes in the values, attitudes, expectations, beliefs and behaviour of people. It also shows the importance of disaggregating trends as there can be simultaneously change and continuity.     

黑龙江省对韩农产品贸易现状分析

韩国历来是黑龙江省农产品的主要出口市场之一。目前,黑龙江省在开展对韩农产品贸易方面存在着贸易规模较小、结构单一,出口产品品质及附加值较低,知名品牌及标准化出口基地较少,农产品物流效率低下等问题。同时,韩国严苛的农产品贸易壁垒也制约了黑龙江省对韩农产品贸易的深入发展。为了扩大对韩农产品贸易规模,黑龙江省应加快精品农业、农产品深加工、农产品品牌、标准化农产品出口基地及农产品物流建设,并要及时、灵活地应对韩国农产品贸易壁垒。     

北方园林彩叶植物抗寒性研究进展

低温是制约北方园林彩叶树种发展的重要因素。本文概略介绍了植物受冻害的机理、植物抗寒育种、生理生化指标在植物抗寒性研究中的作用、植物生长调节剂对植物抗寒的影响、彩叶植物抗寒生理等研究进展;提出了植物抗寒性研究的问题及对未来工作的展望。     

韩国加入中日韩东盟自由贸易区的贸易效应实证分析——以1981～2007年为例

区域经济一体化的贸易效应一直得到了学术界的广泛关注,如何突破传统的研究方法探讨贸易效应的新内涵是该领域的发展方向。本文通过对中日韩自由贸易区相关国家的经济指标时间序列(1980～2007)进行了回归分析,找到了既定条件下韩国经济贸易的相关影响要素,为结盟成员国参与区域经济合作的实践提供了经济动向分析。     

中国与韩国机电产品产业内贸易分析

本文通过对中国和韩国机电产品产业内贸易的现状分析,揭示出制约中国与韩国机电产品产业内贸易的因素,并提出了促进中国与韩国机电产品产业内贸易进一步发展的措施。     

Corporate governance,globalization and firm productivity

We examine the relationship between globalization, corporate governance and firm productivity. The results, using longitudinal data from Korea, indicate that the positive effect of liberalising equity ownership on firms’ total factor productivity (TFP) was reinforced by indirect managerial effects when a firm improved its corporate governance. Our findings also confirm that the interaction of the managerial effect with increased foreign equity ownership is more significant than interaction with exports, suggesting that liberalising foreign investment in the host market is more effective in capitalising on the potential benefits of corporate governance reform than increasing exports to overseas markets, reflected in learning by exporting.     

Barriers to Franchising in Saudi Arabia

Franchising has rapidly grown in Saudi Arabia since 2005, yet a small number of the large companies dominate the market with mostly foreign brands. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the barriers that Saudi small and medium enterprises and startups face when striving to become franchisors or franchisees. These barriers are investigated through the use of semi-structured interviews with people who belong to the franchise community either as administrators, franchise committee members, franchise developers, franchisees–franchisors, or prospective franchisees and franchisors. The results of this study show that there are several barriers standing against using franchising as a mode of expansion and investment by small and medium enterprises and startups, such as lack of legal, financial, institutional, marketing, development, and educational services support, and other key factors related to international franchisors' preferences and domestic franchising.